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Newsletter Summer 1 2022-2023

Miss Rowe brought two of our hens, Nora and Silkie, to visit the Toddler group on Friday. As you can see the children were bold and the hens enjoyed all the attention. They even got some treats too. The children were eager to touch the feathers and were surprised at how soft the hens are. We hope th

Our visits to Angel Court continue with printmaker Hannah. This week the residents and children scored nature inspired designs into polystyrene sheets to create print blocks. For inspiration the children picked flowers and blooms from the garden and looked at images of garden flowers and insects. 

On Tuesday, both classes from Year 5 visited the Life Science Centre in Newcastle. Our jam-packed day started with a visit to the planetarium, where the children got to see a visual of the different planets in our solar system. As well as exploring the constellations, the children also discovered ho

It was a pleasure to take Year One to Souter Lighthouse this week.  Our first activity was rock pooling on the beach.  All the children were given buckets and nets and after a long walk down to the water’s edge, everyone was excited to start looking for some sea creatures.  They were extremely

In Year 4, we have been learning all about Hindu festivals in RE. We began by learning about Holi, the festival of colour. The children listened to the story of Prahlad and learnt that his father, the king, wanted everyone to worship him but Prahlad continued to worship the Hindu god Vishnu. His fat

In RE, the boys and girls in Year 3 have been learning about the importance of Moses to people of the Jewish faith. They enjoyed listening to the story before ordering the events and verbally retelling it to their partners. The children were all very curious and asked some great questions along the

This week, in maths lessons, the children in year 6 have been working on geometry. They developed their learning about circles so that they understand the words “radius”, “diameter” and “circumference”. Then, they moved on to looking at the connection between the radius and the diameter.

  The younger children in school have been learning about Spikes and Stings and Sticky things this term. This encompasses slightly more risky plants; stinging nettles, brambles, thistles etc. Insects that may cause harm if provoked; bees, wasps, the occasional earwig, and Stick Safety; how we move

This week in Nursery the children have continued with our ‘under the sea’ topic. They started this week by listening to a story called ‘Octopants’ and the children then recapped the names of the different sea creatures that were mentioned in the story. After that, the children watched a shor